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` PATENTED NOV. 28,1905.

A. SGHOENHUT.

. JOINTED FIGURE.

APPLIOATION PILED APB., 16,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1` PATENTBD Nov. 20,1905. A; SGHOBNHUT.

JOINTED FIGURE. APPLIoATIoN FILED APR. 16,1004.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

- UNITED sTATns PATENT. OFFICE.

ALBERT SCHOENHUT, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

JOINTED FIGURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application iiled April 16, 1904. "Serial No. 203,437- y plify the method of assembling .jointed toy figures, dolls, and the like, whether made in accordance with my prior patent or not.

My invention is fully shown' in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a jointed iig-l ure, manikin, or doll made in accordance with my invention. Fig. L2 1s a sectional view taken on the line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isasimilar secn tional view showing the parts in semidetached g condition, and Fig'4 is a view illustrating the parts of the figure detached.

In the structure forming the subject of my former patent a body wasprovided having sockets to receive the ends of the limb members, with slots connecting said sockets, so that the limb members in a connected condition could be readily assembled in place. When so assembled, the limb members were held by the head member, which was seated in a socket directly over the slot connecting the sockets for the arm members, and had a cord which wasl attached to the connection for the leg members. This cord was connected to the head by passing it through a hole in the same and then confining it in place by an engaging member or other suitable means, and it was necessary to disconnect the head and cord before the several limb members could be removed. In the construction forming the subject of my present invention, however, which is fully shown in the accompanying drawings, I do away with the necessity of disconnecting the head and cord and provide the` body with a slot for the passage of this cord, so as to obviate the necessity of disconnecting'the parts when assembling'or dismembering the struc-A ture.

In Fig. 1', 1 represents the body having sockets for the head and arm and leg members, (indicated at 2, 3, and 4, respectively,) the socket for the Aformer being indicated at 2, the arm-sockets at 3, and the leg-sockets at'4a.

'The body is provided with the sockets and the varound the connection for the leg members.

vfitting substantially round sockets.

slots 5 and 6, connecting those for the arms and legs in the same manner as the structure of my former patent above referred to, and the several members are connected together by elastic cords, (indicated at 7 and 8 in the several views.) I-n assembling or dismembering the patented structure,however, it is nec'- essary to disconnect the head fromits cord 9 before it is possible to disconnect the other members of the toy, and to avoid this I provide in the present structure the body 1 with an additional slot 10 at the back, which extends from the surface of the body through to the central opening 11 between theupper and lower lslots 5 and 6. By this means when the parts of this slot provides for the passage of the cord 9, connected to the head, which cord is passed When assembling the structure, therefore, the cord 9 will be firmly connected to the head by any suitable means. For instance, the head may have an apertureextending through the same, and the cordy may be knotted on the outside at the top, or the cord may be passed Patented Nov. 2s, 1905.

fthe structure are assembled or dismembered into said aperture and held byv a nail or tack.

One of the leg'members will then be slipped through the loop of this cord until its' connecf tion is engaged by the same, and said leg memf bers will then be fltted in their proper seats.-

The-arm members in their connected condition will then be seated in therusual manner,

vand after this has .been done the head will be pulled toward its socket or seat, the cord attached to the same stretching the elastic connection for the leg members, thereby holding the same firmly to their` sockets or seats and by continuing the pulling on the head the cord Will pass into the slot, and with a little effort the head may be properly seated in its socket. Instead of a doubled cord I may provide a single cord with a hook. y

An additional feature of my inventionconsists in providing means for increasing the friction of the joints of the limbs of the body. These are substantially ball-and-socket joints, the said limbs being substantially round and I prefer to make the parts of the `ligure of wood or similar material, and I find that these parts as turned are very smooth and that friction is reduced to a minimum. While I desire, of course, that the said limbs may be readily turned in their sockets, and this may be accomplishedby stretching their elastic connections, I prefer .to provide means for limiting such turning movement, so that it Will not take place accidentally. To accomplish this, I coat the sockets of the body 1 with rosin or similar friction-producing material, thereby increasing the resistance to the turning of the limbs, and I may also coat the rounded ends of the limb members, as indicated at 12.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent* l. A jointed figure comprising a body, a head, and arm and leg members, said body being constructed to retain the head and arm and leg members in proper position, connections for said arm and leg members, and re.

taining means carried by the head and engaging the connection for the leg members, said body having an open slot extending inwardly from its surface for the passage of said retaining means.

2. A jointed figure comprising a body, a head, and arm and leg members, said body being constructed to retain the head and arm and leg members in proper position, connections for said arm and leg members, and retaining means carried by the head andengaging the connection for the leg members, said body having a straight-Walled vertical open slot extending inwardly from its surface for the passage of said retaining means.

3. A jointed ligure comprising a body, a head, and arm and leg members, said body being constructed to retain the head and arm and leg members in proper position, connections i'or said arm and leg members, and retaining means carried by the head and engaging the connection for the leg members, said body having a central bore to accommodate the retaining means when the ligure is assembled and an open slot extending inwardly from its surface for the passage of said retaining means t0 said central bore.

In testimony Whereoil I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT SCHOENHUT.

Witnesses:

MURRAY G. BOYER, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

